Orange-brown Atlantic Tree-rat

Orange-brown Atlantic Tree-rat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Phyllomys
Species:	P. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Phyllomys brasiliensis Lund, 1840
Synonyms
Echimys brasiliensis Lund, 1840

The Orange-brown Atlantic Tree-rat, Phyllomys brasiliensis, or Red-nosed Tree Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

1. ^ Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). Phyllomys brasiliensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.

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